单词 |
Daulian |
释义 |
Daulian, a.|ˈdɔːlɪən| [f. mod.L. Daulias used as the generic name of the nightingale (D. luscinia), a. Gr. Δαυλίας woman of Daulis, Procne, who was changed into a nightingale.] Daulian bird, an affected name for the nightingale.
1894Daily News 22 Jan. 5/1 That tiny modest tome [sc. Keats's Poems of 1817], a brown Daulian bird in brown paper. 1904Westm. Gaz. 9 June 12/1 Until three years ago the existence of the Daulian birds in Devonshire was strenuously denied. 1909Ibid. 12 May 5/1 Londoners who want to hear the Daulian birds with complete certainty must now journey to Kew or Chingford. |

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